Lauren Zeien

For the past 10 years, Lauren's worked with startups and technology businesses propelling them to success through innovative strategies. Lauren is a fast paced thinker who's quick-witted personality translate to her lifestyle, technology, and business - Project Halcyon, all over the country.

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Financial trading is a long-told story, glamorized in movies and splashed across the news showcasing the highs and lows of its lifestyle. What’s rarely showcased is the technology behind what makes it all possible. For decades, trading floors have been a disaster of …

George Baker, Sr. is in the parking business. Now, he’s not your typical parking king with lots scattered across cities and those complicated 0-20 mins, 20mins, and 3-hour signs. He’s invented a three-part system which allows ticketing & parking systems to change how …

In the past year, the Dallas startup community has blossomed like crazy. New incubators, co-working spaces, and capital have emerged, seemly out of nowhere. When you add corporate innovation growth and an increase in population, then you’ve got the cool-aid for a great …

Dallas is turning out some of the hottest new startups the South has seen in a long time. Varying from hospitality to clothing, Dallas has it all. In the end, though, they’re all looking to fix a pre-existing problem or make something better that…

Everyone has their own unique style of meeting people. You may have discovered yours early on or you may be still trying to figure it out. When I took my first step into the startup community of Dallas I thought, “oh, I’ve got this…

HipPocket, the new private social network for Realtors, launched this month in the app store, took Tech Crunch Disrupt NY by storm, and won the Tech Cocktail showcase in Dallas last month. Talk about a “Boom! We are here!” Creators James Bohan-Pitt and Clay Stapp, …

The Dallas startup scene is BOOMING and this month LAUNCHDFW, The DEC, Tech Wildcatters and Startup Grind have partnered to produce a day to celebrate female entrepreneurs. Jennifer Conley of the organizing team encourages all women to come out to this free event…

The Tech Cocktail Startup Competition headed to Dallas last week on a search for awesome local startups. Fourteen startups showed their stuff at The DEC to a crew of over 100 people with HipPocket & HedgeChatter taking the titles of Hottest Startups in Dallas! …

Combined Knowledge and Content Panda announce a strategic partnership to deliver superior support for Microsoft SharePoint and Office 365 to end users where they need it most – directly inside the web platform. Content Panda co-founder & CMO Heather Newman and I chatted …

Establishing a brand is hard enough but establishing an icon brand which changes with the music & technology trends and must adhere to worldwide consumers can be an insanely complex task. I sat down with Hard Rock’s Jeff Nolan, Master Historian, and Matt Watts,…

Spending hours and hours creating boxes, circles, and rectangles all to show exactly how an app will look and feel is frustrating and confusing. But those days are over. The team behind Velocis has released UI Magnets. UI Magnets are an innovative way of capturing your app …